Design gallery----Leventis (favorite)

Leventis Art Gallery and Apartments

(This is one of the galleries I focused on my research,because the project 2 that we need design a gallery.)

        (Resource: http://fcbstudios.com/work/view/leventis-art-gallery?sort=highlights)                                        

• A new art gallery with restaurant and apartments for the AG Leventis Foundation, a private foundation supporting educational, cultural and philanthropic causes which promotes Hellenic culture. Location in Nicosia, Cyprus.

• The function of outside

• The different side of building

(Resource: http://www.resde-dpm.com/selection-of-resde-projects/ag-leventis-art-gallery)

• This is ground floor

• This is first floor

• This is second floor

• Half of the building is used for residential purposes.(Apartment)

     (Resource: http://fcbstudios.com/work/view/leventis-art-gallery?sort=highlights)

• This is in the middle of apartments and the gallery space.
• Cyprus has a Subtropical climate - Mediterranean.
• Leventis Art Gallery made of local stone with small, shuttered openings which excluded the fierce heat in summer but open to allow the winter sun to penetrate.

• This is ground floor-----Entrance

• The inside of leventis gallery.

• The staircase, effectively a substantial metal and wood sculpture, is a dominant and visually satisfying feature.

• Daylight from roof lights developed to exclude hazardous UV, floods the galleries.

     

• Installation view,A.G LEVENTIS GALLERY.

• Echoing the traditional use of slatted timber shutters, openings and balconies are screened with perforate metal panels, the bespoke patterning of which was inspired by William Morris's olive leaf design. The bronze anodised aluminium (also used for curtain walling and glazing) is rendered almost the same color as the stone in bright light, and as shutters are moved to admit or exclude sun the apparent solidity is transformed.

The galleries, which are all located on the first floor, have ceilings made of translucent glass. Visitors would become immersed in the collection in these calm and top lit spaces, and reoriented by occasional views into the courtyard.

• The Leventis Gallery and apartments are designed to minimise energy use by avoiding potentially harmful solar gains, enhanced insulation and air tightness and use of day lighting wherever feasible, but will still require cooling through the summer months. 

• The author points out that apartment makes the development visible across the city and creates an identifiable icon for the gallery.

             (Resource:  http://fcbstudios.com/work/view/leventis-art-gallery)